From Kent Williams Sent Sun, Oct 6th 2002, 17:02
From Kent Williams Sent Sun, Oct 6th 2002, 17:02
I think that it's really odd that people are so impressed by someone grimacing and thrashing about on stage. How many rock bands make up for wack material with showmanship? Another case in point of the phenomenon you're describing is Fred Giannelli. Fred is very absorbed in what he's doing during his set -- when he played in Iowa City a while back, we had a video camera on him and monitors around the venue, and the video pics of him might as well have been a still photo. Yet it was an amazing set for which 200 people went off their nuts. The proof is in the music. If you want a show go see Dave Matthews. On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Tosh Cooey wrote: > > Because two months ago I was outside in Cologne at a party on the beach > (kinda) and The Modernist was playing. And do you know what? He was > the most boring d*nm performer I have ever seen. He just stood there > the entire time in front of his laptop doing something, maybe looking at > porn (I know that's what *I* would be doing) for all I know. How boring > can that be!?!?!?! But holy heaven/hell damn me if it wasn't the most > energetic and amazing set of music I (and a thousand or so others) have > heard in ages.... dance dance dance rock rock rock pumpin'..... > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: xxx-xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx For additional commands, e-mail: xxx-xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx